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A view of the US Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on July 1, 2024.
Hard Numbers: The Supreme Court’s final countdown
With one month left in the US Supreme Court’s term, the justices still have a number of massive decisions to make. Here’s a few left on the docket.
25: In a case that hits on the balance of powers, the justices will decide whether a district court has the authority to issue a nationwide ban on executive orders. The executive order in question is Donald Trump’s ban on birthright citizenship, although the US president faced another 25 nationwide injunctions on his executive orders in the first 100 days of his second term.
18: SCOTUS will decide whether Tennessee's ban of transgender youth-transition therapies – like puberty blockers and hormone therapy – for children under the age of 18 violated the 14th Amendment. What will decide the case? How the judges interpret the Equal Protection Clause of this Amendment.
2: The nine justices will decide if public schools violate parents’ religious rights by teaching gender and sexuality topics without notice or opt-out options. The case, brought by parents objecting to LGBTQ-inclusive books in the curriculum, drew two hours of intense arguments, leaving the outcome uncertain.
70-90: The Court is weighing whether US gun makers can be held liable for cartel crimes in Mexico. Mexico argues these gun manufacturers knowingly supply cartels and are complicit, and says 70–90% of traced guns used in crimes came from or through the US.
President Donald Trump greets Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts Jr. as he arrives to deliver an address to a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol on March 04, 2025.
Trump vs. the courts: Republicans call for judge to be impeached
Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) filed impeachment articles against US District Court Judge James Boasberg Tuesday afternoon for blocking US President Donald Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport illegal immigrants and criminal gang members to Venezuela last week.
After his order for a 14-day deportation pause was ignored, Boasberg had demanded that Trump answer a set of questions by noon Tuesday, but that deadline passed without a response. Instead, in a Truth Social post on Tuesday morning, Trump blasted Boasberg, appointed by President Barack Obama, as a “Radical Left Lunatic” and said “This judge, like many of the Crooked Judges’ I am forced to appear before, should be IMPEACHED!!!”
The post generated rare pushback from Supreme Court Justice – and George W. Bush appointee – John Roberts, whosaid that “for more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision,” adding “the normal appellate review process exists for that purpose.”
How could Boasberg be impeached? The House can impeach federal judges by majority vote, after which two-thirds of the Senate must vote for removal. The resolution has Trump’s support, but considering the Senate’s current split,that outcome is unlikely.
And there’s more. In other legal developments Tuesday, Maryland-based judge Theodore D. Chuangruled that DOGE and Elon Musk must stop their dismantlement of USAID. The Trump administration also began reinstating 24,000 probationary workers who were fired after US District Judge James Bredarordered their mass reinstatement last week. And finally, another judge blocked the administration from banning transgender people from serving in the military.